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door

Syllabification: (door)
Pronunciation: /dôr/

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Definition of door

noun

  • a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard.
  • a doorway:she walked through the door
  • used to refer to the distance from one building in a row to another:they lived within three doors of each other

Phrases

at the door

on admission to an event rather than in advance:tickets will be available at the door

close (or shut) the door on (or to)

exclude the opportunity for:she had closed the door on ever finding out what he was feeling

(from) door to door

  • 1from start to finish of a journey:the trip from door to door could take more than four hours
  • 2visiting all the houses in an area to sell or publicize something:he went from door to door selling insurance policies [as adjective]:a door-to-door salesman

lay something at someone's door

regard someone as responsible for something:the failure is laid at the door of the government

leave the door open

ensure that there is still an opportunity for something:he is leaving the door open for future change

open the door to

create an opportunity for:her research has opened the door to a deeper understanding of the subject

out of doors

in or into the open air:food tastes even better out of doors

show someone the door

see show.

Derivatives

doored

adjective
[in combination]:a glass-doored desk

Origin:

Old English duru, dor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deur 'door' and German Tür 'door', Tor 'gate'; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin foris 'gate' and Greek thura 'door'

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